2/2: #Ukraine: Michael McFaul Calling for a diplomacy surge. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
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2/2: #Ukraine: Michael McFaul Calling for a diplomacy surge. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/us-launch-diplomatic-surge-ukraine/
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS I in the World. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm John Bats with my colleague, |
| 0:08.0 | Anatol Leven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, |
| 0:11.6 | observing a recommendation by Malcolm McFall, Ambassador McFall. |
| 0:15.4 | Now it's stand for University, but previously the Ambassador to Russia for the Obama Administration, |
| 0:21.3 | making a recommendation of accelerating surging is the metaphor. |
| 0:26.5 | Diplomacy, an anticipation of a ceasefire and armistice, a resolution in Ukraine conflict, |
| 0:32.3 | which is increasingly dangerous because of the talk of nuclear weapons. |
| 0:36.8 | However, the fourth piece of the recommendation is about now and a conflict is apparent. |
| 0:44.3 | This is about the sanctions regime. |
| 0:47.1 | Sanctions have been visited upon Russia to the profound damage to the future of the economy |
| 0:52.8 | and all the young people and the marketplace in Moscow. |
| 0:56.3 | However, there's also the issue that Anatol has already raised about the dialogue with the global south, |
| 1:02.2 | India being the major country in the global south, |
| 1:05.0 | but Africa, the Middle East, South America, |
| 1:08.4 | most are many of these countries have stayed out of choosing sides in the conflict. |
| 1:13.2 | Anatol, your measure of sanctions regime and going to Brazil or going to South Africa, |
| 1:20.0 | the BRICS are going to India and telling them what they must do. |
| 1:23.9 | That is not work. |
| 1:25.3 | So what is it that the Biden administration needs to do to have a better dialogue with the global south |
| 1:31.3 | about the dangers of Ukraine? |
| 1:33.8 | Well, it really needs to listen to them, but what they have to say is not welcome in Washington |
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